(COLUMBUS) - A Columbus man is accused of stabbing his wife repeatedly with a screwdriver.

The incident happened at just before 5 a.m. Thursday in the 3100 block of Sycamore Street. Lt Matt Harris, spokesman for the Columbus Police Department, said officers were called to a reported stabbing and found the victim and attacker in an upstairs bedroom struggling over a knife.

They arrested 36-year-old Eleazar N. Martinez Gonzalez on charges including domestic battery with a deadly weapon causing bodily injury and domestic battery in the presence of a minor.

His wife was taken to Columbus Regional Hospital with stab wounds to her head and her body. They were not believed to be life threatening Harris said.